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NY S08381
Bill
Status
5/4/2018
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Gallivan
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AI Summary
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Establishes the New York State School Resource Officer Program allowing public, nonpublic, and charter schools to employ retired or active police officers, state troopers, and deputy sheriffs for security and safety purposes on school grounds.
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Authorizes school resource officers to carry firearms during school duties, subject to appropriate licensing under penal law section 400.00, and permits officers to serve multiple roles including safety policy enforcement, emergency planning, community liaison, and student mentoring.
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Allows school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to employ school resource officers up to six days per week throughout the entire school year, with costs aidable to charter schools and eligible school districts.
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Provides state reimbursement grants to nonpublic schools for salaries of school resource officers upon application to the office of religious and independent schools, with applications due by August 1st annually.
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Designates retired police officers employed as school resource officers as peace officers under criminal procedure law and raises the annual earnings limitation from $30,000 to $50,000 for such retirees to receive full retirement benefits without suspension.
Legislative Description
Establishes the New York state school resource officer program; provides for grants for school resource officers (Part A); relates to peace officers who are retired police officers employed by a school district as a school resource officer (Part B); and allows retired police officers to be employed by a school district as a school safety officer, school security officer or any other substantially similar position for an annual salary of $50,000 or less to continue to receive their full retirement benefit (Part C).
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 8381A
10/17/2018